Improved visualization of high-intensity focused ultrasound lesions

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1743-1751

  Silverman, Ronald H ^a,b   Muratore, Robert ^a   Ketterling, Jeffrey A ^a   Mamou, Jonathan ^a   Coleman, D Jackson ^b   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic imaging; High intensity focused ultrasound; Spectrum analysis; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; TUMORS;

HARMONIC IMAGING; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; SIGNAL ENVELOPE;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION INJURY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33750832333     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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